Simon Dunmore praises new Beyoncé single – but would he have signed it?
There are few people in the house music world whose opinion doesn't get noticed more than that of Defected's Simon Dunmore. The man himself probably likes that fact - and…
Carl Craig: yet another one who can’t take any criticism!
We shouldn't be surprised with this by now, but we're always being astonished at Ears To The House with just how thin-skinned some of the dance music world's favourite DJs…
Carl Craig and Omar S shame themselves with vile attack on Annabel Ross…
The Detroit techno bunch are feeling a little on edge at the moment - and not just because the documentary God Said Give 'Em Drum Machines actually acknowledged the sexual…
DJ Sneak disses Simon Dunmore as “cheap” – what’s brought this on?
Remember the old days on Twitter? We certainly do - it was a time when DJs typically weren't afraid to get into some pretty vicious arguments with their detractors. And…
DJs stop your moaning, says Defected’s A&R – and we’re torn…
Being a travelling DJ sounds like a pretty miserable job to us. You have to spend hours at airports. You live in hotels whilst on tour. You won't see any…
Willing to forgive Nina Kraviz yet? Nastia isn’t…
There are those within the dance music world who think it's now time to give Russian DJ Nina Kraviz a break. So what if she consistently refuses to express a…
Where’s your tan, Mike? Nervous boss comes from home from his trip to Tulum (with the two label models, naturally) and remains very pale indeed – despite temperatures of up to 30°C in recent days…
It can't be easy being Michael Weiss of Nervous Records this week. A few days ago, the label boss went down to the Mexican municipality of Tulum. It's not entirely…
“Figure your own s*** out!”: the words of a DJ of 35 years and counting as poached turned gamekeeper Annabel Ross asks how you put a set together – but is it just a generational thing?
Things aren't going very well in the world of Annabel Ross. That big exposé of Derrick May was meant to be her admission ticket into the big leagues - only…
Told you this blog gets read in high places! Carl Craig gets juvenile with “haters gonna hate” claim after post on his new course – and still no reply on why he continues to back a loser like Derrick May…
The beauty of the internet is you never quite know who might be reading what you write. I learnt this many years ago in a previous blogging life when the…
Told you it wasn’t just him! This blog has found Danny Rampling a new friend in the form of old ravers Baby D – and their views on the pandemic are almost as crazy as his…
Whatever you choose to call Danny Rampling - the Runny Dumpling, Danny Rambling and other less printable suggestions have been made by others - there's one thing you can't deny.…
He might block people he doesn’t like these days – but a Muzik Magazine column by Yousef in 2000 showed he once had a much healthier attitude to criticism…
There are some people in the dance music world who start out humble but change over time. They enter a world where they're constantly travelling around and never get told…
Still no love lost between the two men! Glasgow Underground’s Kevin McKay releases a slightly tweaked “Sing It Back” cover after clearance from BMG – just don’t expect Mousse T to put it in any DJ charts…
Late last Friday, a Twitter spat broke out between Mousse T and Kevin McKay of Glasgow Underground. This blog originally planned to publish the story on Sunday, but held back…